Hidden Secrets of the Creative Mind

Creative Mind - Monitor and Analyze


Monitor Comprehensionpage 125
Summarize the important idea and information in this passage.

Analyzepage 126
1.Explain: According to the diagram on page 124, why is it important to use all you skills in your teen years?

2.Vocabulary: What sudden insight came to Jim Crocker in a hotel room?How does this example support the author's ideas?

3.Analyze Literature: Author's Purpose and Effectiveness - Are interviews a good way to present information? Share your opinions with a partner.
4.Reading Strategy: Determining Importance - In a few words, state the main idea of this interview and find two facts from this section to support that idea. Compare your work with a partner and discuss which facts best support the main ideas each of you found.



Return to the Text: Reread and Write
Choose a question and answer from the interview where you had difficulty finding the main idea. Reread the question and answer. then try to write a sentece expressing the main idea.